Imphal: Manipur has seen a notable increase in COVID-19 cases, with 18 new positive cases detected on Wednesday, pushing the cumulative total to 189, marking a high positivity rate of 30.5%, according to a statement released by S. Gopal Singh, State Surveillance Officer, IDSP.
The official statement revealed that on Wednesday, they confirmed 18 samples positive for COVID-19 out of 59 tested.
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Of the 42 samples collected from Imphal West, they confirmed 13 positive, while they confirmed 3 positive out of 7 tested in Imphal East. Chandel and Thoubal districts also each reported one case.
On the other hand, authorities discharged three COVID-19 infected people after they completed 7 days, and discharged 31 patients from home isolation after they completed 7 days.
The statement added that there are 172 cumulative numbers of patients on home isolation. The cumulative discharge from home isolation after seven days of completion was 34.
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Notably, Manipur has linked 2,149 fatalities to this virus and recorded over 1,40,229 COVID-19 cases, of which they have discharged 1,37,928 patients since they detected the virus in 2020.
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